Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode

51.791944444444 10.8075Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 27 ″ E

“The Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode ” is the name of a nature reserve in the towns of Oberharz am Brocken and Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt . It is approximately 147 hectares in size and completely from the landscape conservation area resin and flood plains surrounded. Parts of the protected area belong to the roughly 160 hectare FFH area of the same name .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0392 has been under protection since September 21, 2012. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Harz district .

location

The nature reserve is located north of Elbingerode in a mining area in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . It borders the federal highway 244 in the northeast .

description

Layers of rock in the mountain

The mining, which lasted from the late Middle Ages to the 1970s, created an extensive system of cavities underground , which is often connected to the surface through mouth holes and shafts . The area is richly structured with pings , heaps and debris as well as secondary, but near-natural rock corridor and block debris habitats. The area also has a mining history.

flora

Large areas of the area occupied by forest companies, including clear and structurally rich pioneer crops , secondary scree forests , ravine and slope mixed forests and natural beech and Bach alluvial forests , particularly in Bolmketal in the northeast of the protected area. The beech forests are pronounced as grove and woodruff beech forest. The alluvial forests are characterized in particular by black alder and common ash . In addition, mountain hay meadows are montane moist and wet meadows and riparian Hochstaudenfluren to find.

fauna

The nature reserve is of great importance for various bats , which use the tunnels as winter and swarming quarters. So here are greater mouse-eared , Noctule , Northern bat , Daubenton's bat , Brandt's bat , Natterer's bat , Barbastelle , brown long-eared and whiskered bat at home. The area is also a habitat for wild cats and eagle owls .

Web links

Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode , Saxony-Anhalt State Administration Office

Individual evidence

↑ Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode. Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , accessed on April 18, 2018 .
↑ Ordinance of the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt on the nature reserve “Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode”. (PDF, 3 MB) In: Official Gazette of the State Administrative Office of Saxony-Anhalt 10/2012. September 16, 2012, pp. 164–171 , accessed April 18, 2018 .

[1] Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode. Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , accessed on April 18, 2018 .

[2] Ordinance of the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt on the nature reserve “Büchenberg tunnel system near Elbingerode”. (PDF, 3 MB) In: Official Gazette of the State Administrative Office of Saxony-Anhalt 10/2012. September 16, 2012, pp. 164–171 , accessed April 18, 2018 .